Ross Store Manager Says Age, Race Bias Led to His Firing

Ross Dress for Less Inc. was sued by a black former store manager who says age and race discrimination motivated his termination.

The manager, Enrol Cromwell, worked at a store in Houston. He never had a disciplinary issue, but a new supervisor demonstrated hostility toward him when she assumed a supervisory role, he says. The supervisor was white, Cromwell says.

Discrepancies arose in employees’ time cards during a period when Cromwell was on vacation, he says. Although Cromwell had no role in the time card issue that occurred while he was away, the supervisor fired Cromwell and replaced him with ...